Tuesday, August 31, 2010

HELLO EVERYONE! WELCOME ALL to the "SWEET SEPTEMBER" Blog Hop featuring our Farmers, Team Anya, and our beloved Critter Crew! ALL THREE of our teams are joining forces today to bring you ONE SWEET Blog Hop with The Greeting Farm!

Just to recap, the new releases, "Sweet and Toxic", "Oh, Boy" Ian, and SWEET Anya are NOW in the TGF Store! Also, our three new Marina Neira critters are available as digital downloads for INSTANT gratification! Woo HOO!!!!

Here is the card that I made for the hop:

I paired the new Sweet and Toxic Creeper boy with Monday. I think they make a cute couple! =)

I guess this is a very specific wedding/anniversary card, due to the hair colors... LOL! I naturally colored them that way...

Be sure to stop by the TGF Blog if you are JUST beginning the hop and make it all the way to the CLUB ANYA & FRIENDS blog through the end to see the endless possibilities with this month's cute new additions to the Farm and to leave your comments along the way...there are some SWEET prizes to be had today!

Prizes? Did someone say PRIZES?

Yes indeed! To sweeten the deal today in celebration of these new releases, there will be individual prizes given out as well as one ENTIRE release to a lucky winner! Yep, that's a LOT of prizes! Here's what's for grabs:

1 winner will be chosen to win the SWEET & TOXIC SET

1 winner will be chosen to win the SWEET ANYA Stamp

1 winner will be chosen to win the OH, BOY IAN Stamp

1 winner will be chosen to win the THREE NEW CC DIGIS

and ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will receive THE ENTIRE RELEASE for SEPTEMBER!!!

That's a LOT of chances to win! So go, hop, and be merry :) Here's where you want to be:

Hi, everyone! Welcome to Skipping Stones Design's Blog Hop to celebrate the release of a new stamp set, "Always Here." I am thrilled to be part of this blog hop. My super talented friend Krissy Ng is one of the masterminds behind the designing of this gorgeous stamp set. Congrats, girl! So proud and happy for you! =)

Combined with the blog hop today, it's also Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday which means the Design Team is showcasing another fabulous sketch from Maren Benedict! We'd love for you to play along with the sketch and link your card at the Skipping Stones Blog. Just remember to use the keywords SSD040 if you are uploading to any onling galleries. Here is the fabulous sketch:

Here is my card:

Isn't this butterfly gorgeous? I am in love with the intricate designs on the wings! I stamped it on a piece of rustic cream cardstock and colored it with Copic.

The sentiments in this set are very versatile. I love the elegant look of the different fonts!

I spritzed some pearlized water before I stamped the backgrounds with distress ink. All the paper edges are inked with tea dye. The seam binding is also dyed with tea dye to match.

That's all I have and it's time to send you to Dina Kowal's blog! Just in case any of the link broke along the way, you can always go to Kandi Phillips' blog for the master list! Have fun hopping! =)

I used Mo Manning's So Jazzed for my card. I just love seeing Bella and Bronte together. They make me happy! =) You can find the digital version here at Mo's Digital Pencil. I used the rubbah version from Stamping Bella.

I paired the image with some yumminess from October Afternoon's Fly A Kit collection. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. The seam binding is dyed with barn door. I love that delish color!

Friday, August 27, 2010

Hello, my friends! I am so excited to be guest designing for Club Anya & Friends for the month of September! YAY! I am a big fan of the adorable stamps from The Greeting Farm and was thrilled to be invited. Big thanks to Jessica for this opportunity! =)

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Hi all! I have a few hybrid cards made using digital kits created by Two Peas' new digital designer - Jo Hanna to share with you.

I used the super cute Mama Likes The Roses kit for my first card. I adore the fun color combination in this kit. I layered the banner, heart pins and butterfly on the stripe paper before I printed it out. I then cut an extra set and layered them on top with rolled up glue dots for dimension. Victorian velvet is ther perfect fit with the pink/purple-ish pink in this kit, so I used it to dye my seam binding and for stamping the sentiment.

The second card was made using papers, alphas and elements from the adorable Memory Lane kit. I love the cute chubby birds and the long stem flowers in this kit. I added real stitches to the sentiment banner since they came with faux stitching.

I used the elegant Gwenifer for my last card. I love the distress-y, mono tones in this gorgeous kit. I went a little shabby with this card (too much?). I layered a few elements from the kit on all the papers before I printed them out. The clock, flower and text heart are also from the kit. The paper edges are inked with tea dye, vintage photo, walnut stain and a little tattered rose.

That's all I have for today. Don't forget to check out all of Jo Hanna's new digital kits here!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

I used Mo's adorable Kissy for my card. You can get the digital form of this stamp here at Mo's Digital Pencil. I got the rubbah version at Stamping Bella.

How could I not love this adorable little girl? She is so cut and with so much character! And very sweet, too! =)

I paired her with the lovely patterned papers from Melissa Frances' Kitschy Kitchen collection. These sweet papers are just perfect for this image. The sentiment came with the stamp. The seam binding was dyed with barn door.

The patterned papers are from Cosmo Cricket's Nutmeg collention. Perfect fall colors! I only managed to make one tag for the card, but there are two pouches. I thought you could put a gift card or money in the other pocket.

That's all I have for now. Hope you will have a chance to join us this week!